558 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to appoint a special adviser or Minister of State with responsibility for climate change issues; if this possibility has been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an official in his Department who has the task of advising him on climate change and energy issues.
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209 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the entrance into force of the European building performance directive, he will provide grants to insulate homes ten years and older; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Nally report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the files that were released to the National Archives in respect of 1976; the number of files withheld; the reason for withholding these files; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding conditions in Mountjoy Prison; if and the way the problem of overcrowding at the prison has been alleviated since the summer since months of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to concerns voiced by a person (details supplied) who claims that his proposed legislative package to tackle organised crime is unwarranted and not justified by crime statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate complaints of shortcomings in meaningful public consultation and lack of citizens’ involvement in the decision making procedures in the planning processes, particularly in matters of the rights of land owners or developers versus the rights of citizens resulting in confrontation between the agendas of developers and community concerns regarding heritage and sustainability, most recently typified by the conflict between proposals for high density apartments and the Tallaght community campaigns for a heritage centre in Tallaght village, located in the South Dublin County Council area; his views on amending the Planning Acts to strengthen the rights of communities in such consultation and decision making processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the provision that entitles people in receipt of a non-contributory pension to claim 50% of a carers allowance and to retain their pension will be implemented immediately; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if, since the closure of a hostel for women in Middle Abbey Street in January 2007, homeless services at the Health Service Executive have been unable to offer accommodation to the majority of single homeless women in Dublin City who present to their service looking for accommodation; if this is the case, the reason for same; and the further reason a hostel for women run by the Health Service Executive in the Dublin 7 area is not operating to full capacity.
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107 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport when the timetable for each stage of the proposed rail interconnector between Heuston Station and Spencer Dock will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnership will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the duties and responsibilities of the special political advisers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will ensure that local farmers have the opportunity to invest in windfarms that are being established on their lands by energy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if there is a backlog within the Freedom of Information Commissioners Office in dealing with FOI appeals; the length of the wait incurred due to this backlog; the reason for the back log; and when extra staff will be appointed to deal with same.
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184 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recommendations on the task force on alcohol have not been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of children with asthma here; the percentage increase in asthma cases in the last decade; the steps she is taking to deal with the issue.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the cost of the communications unit in his Department in 2006; the cost of the communications unit in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the metropolitan area networks in construction in 2006 and due for construction in 2007; and the overall budget for these works and progress his Department or ComReg has had in the development of backhaul connections for such networks or in the development of market or technological solutions to ensure that customers are easily able to make the last mile connection onto the new fibre optic networks.
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141 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects to introduce a mechanism for the immediate electronic logging of fish catches and landings for all boats in Irish waters following a recent decision by the European Commission to approve such a development; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation or recommendations of the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that the division of responsibilities on inspecting animal laboratories between the Department of Health and Children and her Department has been settled; if she will outline this division of responsibilities; when officials from her Department will resume inspecting licensed premises; if they will attempt to compensate for the dearth of inspections in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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466 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if the proposal by the Dublin Airport Authority for a new runway is part of the national development plan finance package.
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352 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the division of responsibilities on inspecting animal laboratories between her Department and the Department of Agriculture and Food has been settled; if she will outline this division of responsibilities; when inspections will resume; if inspectors will attempt to compensate for the dearth of inspections in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of representations by TDs, Senators and councillors that he has received since taking office relating to persons released or servicing sentences in the State penal system, including the name of the elected representatives and the nature of the offence to which they relate.
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16 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if there are plans to amend the terms of Towards 2016 if price inflation breaches certain thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the task force on active citizenship last met; when the next meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the task force on active citizenship is examining the effect of commuting times on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has taken and the resources he has put in place to meet the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (details supplied) regarding the establishment on the Internet of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register which is intended to improve public access to information on the environment and thus contribute in the long term to the prevention and reduction of pollution.
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249 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has, in view of the fact that in its submission to the oral hearing of the Hansfield SDZ appeal in November 2005 her Department stated that 4,000 post-primary school places were required in the Dublin 15 area, to provide new second level schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the National Property Services Regulatory Agency, as recommended under the Report of the Auctioneering/Estate Agency Review Group, will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s policy on the ongoing conflict in Somalia; the Government’s official response to US air strikes on Somalia in January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position as a member of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group in regard to the United States’ intentions to sell nuclear technology to India; if the Government is willing to support a vetoing of such a nuclear transfer to a country outside of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the nomination procedures that were applied when recently filling Ireland’s membership position on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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19 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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290 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in the lifetime of this Government in establishing adequate cystic fibrosis services.
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151 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will ensure adequate contracts exist between multiple retail buyers of fresh produce and growers to ensure a reasonable price is paid to farmers and to ensure sufficient security of produce sale is in place to allow crop plans to be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the falling number of fresh produce growers and the corresponding loss of farming skills here; her plans to reverse this decline; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the Dáil Éireann session beginning in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on progress in the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the reason two members of the Army, as reported in a publication (details supplied) attended a three week All-arms Tactical Targeting Course conducted by the British army in Wiltshire, England; the purpose of the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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